Dartington, Devon
Historical Description
Dartington, a parish in Devonshire, on the river Dart, 2 miles N by Wof Totnes station on the G.W.R. Post town, Totnes; money order and telegraph office, Totnes. Acreage, 3165; population, 676. The manor was given by the Conqueror to William de Falaise, passed to the families of Martyn, Audley, Vere, Holland, and Courtenay, and has belonged since the middle of the 16th century to the Champer-nownes. Dartington House, the seat of the Champernownes, is a grand pile 250 feet long, and includes part of the feudal mansion of the Dukes of Exeter. Venton House, the seat of the Moyses, is a large ancient edifice. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £491 with residence. The church stood close to Dartington House, and was a fine structure of nave, chancel, and aisles, and contained a carved oak screen, a carved oak pulpit, and some antique monuments of the Champernownes and others. It was entirely rebuilt in 1880 on a new site. A chapel of ease, at the south-eastern extremity of the parish, is a neat edifice in the Early English style, with a spire.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Devon | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Dartington St. Mary | |
Hundred | Stanborough | |
Poor Law union | Totnes |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Dartington
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dartington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dartington (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Dartington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.